Local government in New Mexico
Template:Short description Local government in New Mexico consists of counties and municipalities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} New Mexico statutes online.</ref>
CountiesEdit
MunicipalitiesEdit
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A municipality may call itself a: village, town, or city.<ref>New Mexico Statutes §3-1-3</ref> There is no distinction in the statutes and no correlation to any particular form (Mayor-Council, Commission-Manager, etc.). Unless provided otherwise in a municipality's charter, municipal elections are held on the first Tuesday in March of every even-numbered year.<ref>New Mexico Statutes §3-8-25</ref> Elections are non-partisan,<ref>New Mexico Statutes §3-8-29C</ref> and election materials (cards, signs, ads, etc.) are exempted from the requirements for all other elections that the responsible party be identified (as in "paid for by Committee to Elect Joe Candidate").
Municipalities are governed under Dillon's rule, unless they elect to be governed by home rule.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Currently, there are 10 home rule municipalities in New Mexico (Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Clovis, Gallup, Grants, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Los Alamos, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe), as well as two chartered cities (Las Vegas and Silver City).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
School districtsEdit
Other bodiesEdit
In addition to municipalities, limited local authority can be vested in landowners' associations and districts. An example of the former is the Madrid Landowners' Association, which is the closest thing to local government in Madrid, New Mexico. Its authority comes from the restrictive covenants that are written into all deeds.
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Further readingEdit
- Template:Cite book Chapter 6 focuses on local government.